Let's Move to the Top of a Mountain
Plays
Lyrics
Let's move on top of a mountain Me and you Do do do To the top of a mountain Just me and you Do do do Celebration We're going going going party Did you know that I never seen A bear not in a zoo Will you protect me? And I'll protect you Television Do we do we do we Need it I don't think that I ever will Get tired this view Yeah we got nature I got you Do do do Let's move on top of a mountain Tin tin tin I'm getting sick of all this oxygen We'll name our kids after flowers And even let them pick their own religion Move to the top of a mountain Do do do Me and you Do do do To the top of a mountain Do do do Just me and you Do do do Constellation I never ever ever ever seen one Take a nap on the roof with me We'll wake up to the sun Do do do And in our kitchen Sip herbal tea Let's move on top of a mountain Tin tin tin I'm getting sick of all this oxygen We'll name our kids after flowers And even let them pick their own religion Move to the top of a mountain Do do do Me and you Do do do To the top of a mountain Do do do Just me and you Do do do
KŌAN A escape fantasy: me and you on the mountain: bear protection pact, ditch TV for the view, sick of oxygen, flower-named kids, roof naps and herbal tea.
Official video
ISRC QZRP52103163 (soundexchange)
Track two on KŌAN, KŌAN A (March 18, 2022), after Think About It. Luke solo. Where track one spirals on NFTs and Schrödinger, this answers with a mountain utopia: a scat hook (do do do) and domestic fantasy as pop celebration. The grammar wobbles between on top of a mountain and to the top of a mountain, as if the plan isn’t quite real yet.
The fantasy is built from things the narrator has never had. Will you protect me? And I’ll protect you turns love into mutual guard duty against a nature he’s only met in a zoo, and I never ever ever ever seen a constellation is a quiet light-pollution confession. In between: ditch the television, name the kids after flowers, let them pick their own religion, sip herbal tea. Same wellness register as Don’t Worry and High Society, but sincere here rather than satirical.
The koan never resolves. You just sing yourself uphill. Pairs with Boardwalk as KŌAN A’s movement against wandering: one wants altitude, the other can’t leave the sand.
Nagamag (February 5, 2022) heard indie pop and calm vocals, and printed his note that the song is about wanting to live in the Sierra Nevadas, where the air is thinner and the cell service is scant, and watching a sunrise on a rooftop with someone you love.
Selected coverage
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics.